Shoot That Groundhog

I kind of love the Post articles about the weather. “Bundle Up For a Wintry Weekend,” they warn today:

The snowstorm may be over, but don’t look for any spring-like weather this weekend.

Or next week, either.

Temperatures will hover around the freezing mark today and tomorrow, with northwest winds of 5 to 10 mph making the air feel like it’s in the 20s.

There will also be a chance of snow flurries during the day tomorrow.

Sunday morning will be sunny, but clouds will roll in by afternoon. Highs for the day will be in the upper 30s.

The National Weather Service says Monday could be a mess, with a 40 percent chance of rain or snow in the afternoon and into the evening, and the thermometer stuck in the low 30s.

It’s the same forecast for Tuesday. The first break New Yorkers can expect will be Thursday, when Mother Nature will treat the city to a high of 40 degrees. But don’t get used to it.

AccuWeather’s long-range forecast calls for next weekend to be lousy as well, with a chance of snow and rain zapping the Big Apple.

There’s even a byline for this story, which basically amounts to the weather on the evening news. Who gets this job? All it is is turning a forecast into paragraph format. I love it.

Speaking of the evening news, our favorite weatherman, Channel 7’s Sam Champion, had the best line last night as the snow was coming down: “Shoot that groundhog.” Boo yah!

Did you know that Sam Champion has an indie band named after him? They even outgoogle him. That doesn’t seem right.